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Hedge Funds: One of the Best Ways to Make Money and Reduce Risk

Author: Ivon T. Hughes

"One of the best ways to make money and reduce risk in today's choppy market is through a classic hedge fund: one that bets on some stocks to go up and others to go down." -- from the Jul. 01, 2002 issue of TIME magazine

Hedge funds have been around for over 50 years but only recently have become an investment choice requested by mainstream investors. Why? Because they generally outperform all other asset classes during a market downturn. The better hedge funds have even provided positive investment returns over the past three years where most equity-based investments have seen significant losses.

A hedge fund is a private investment partnership run by a money manager who has his own money in the fund. The private aspect of the pooled fund gives the manager more leeway in the securities and the strategies used compared to traditional mutual or segregated fund managers.

Hedge funds have performed better because they generally provide for greater diversification and lower volatility over time. Traditional mutual fund managers are limited to investing in long positions of the specific business sector identified in the fund's mandate. If a sector gets hot, you can do well. But trends change and specific mutual fund managers' investment strategies, which are governed by their mandate, can not change. Hedge fund managers, on the other hand, have much more flexibility and can react quickly to changing market conditions.

Find out about how incorporating these alternative investment strategies into your investment plan can lower your investment's risk and potentially increase your investment's returns.

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